Type-writer attachment



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Shet 1. J. B. BAKER. TYPE WRITER ATTACHMENT.

No. 566,289. Patented Aug. 25, 1896 (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet :2. J. B.BAKER.

TYPE WRITER ATTAGHMENT. No. 566,289. Patented Aug. 25, 1896.

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JOSEPH B. BAKER, OF NAPLES, TEXAS.

TYPE-WRITER ATTACHM ENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 566,289, dated August25, 1896.

Application filed February 6, 1896. Serial No. 578,217. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OSEPH B. BAKER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Naples, in the county of Morris and State of Texas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Type-Writer Attachments,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to rolls of paper and means for holding and feedingsame to typewriters and which can be manufactured at small cost andreadily attached to the Remington, 'Yost, Smith-Premier, or Densmoretype-writers, without in any way changing any part of the type-writers.

Reference is bad to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention, showing a part of acarriage-frame of a typewriter. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of theattachment. Fig. 3 is a detailed View of the ratchet-wheel andspring-pawl. Fig. 4 is a detailed view. Fig. 5 shows a roll ofperforated paper. Fig. 6 is a detailed view of the core-roll andratchet-wheel, partly in section.

In the drawings,M represents the top framepiece of a carriage-frame.

F is the platen-roller mounted on sliding bar H.

A is the paper-rest, and E is an upright piece mounted on frame M andhaving curved arms at the top for supporting the paper-rest.

The roll of paper R is mounted on the paper-rest by means of theuprights O and 0, held on the paper-rest by means of lugs L, madeintegral with the lower ends of said uprights and by means of clampingdevices consisting of rod 70, washer m, and a milled nut 71.. Each ofthe uprights has three lugs L, two above the paper-rest and one below.The ends of the paper-rest are held between lugs L. The rod works on topof the paper-rest. This rod has ahead 9 on one end. This head g has asleeve 77., in which rod is inserted. The other end of rod 70 isthreaded. A combined washer m and nut n, held together by sleeve r,operates on this threaded end. The attachment is adjusted on thepaper-rest and then tightened or clamped by means of nut 17.. Upright Ohas a slot g for adjusting the rolls of paper. The paper is manufacturedand rolled on small wooden core-rolls d. The corerolls are provided withmetal journals d,

which have bearings in uprights O and O. A ratchet-wheel c is madeintegral with one end of the core-rolls. A spring-pawl f is attached touprights O and pressed against the ratchet-wheel. This spring-pawlserves to prevent the paper from unrolling too fast and also to hold theroll back in slot g. The paper-rolls can be made to contain as muchpaper as desirable, thirty feet, if necessary. Paper in a continuoussheet is most useful in taking long newspaper messages. Paper forbusiness letters is prepared by perforating the paper and making thesheets any length desirable. When the writing is finished, the paper canbe cut off with any convenient paper-cutter, which may be attached tothe carriage-frame in front of the platen-roller.

It will be seen that I have constructed an attachment by which the lossof time in putting sheets of paper in the type-writer is avoided, sincewhen one letter or message is finished the sheet or web of paper is cutofi, leaving the end already under the platenroller to commence a newmessage or letter.

The attachment can be manufactured at small cost on account of itssimplicity. The paper-rolls can be made any width desirable.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. An attachment for type-writers consisting of uprights C, and O,provided with lugs L, on the lower ends thereof, said lugs beingarranged to clamp the paper-rests on typewriters, a rod is, providedwith head g, on one end and threads on the other end, a combined washerm, and nut 07., operating on said rod, said uprights and said lugs beingtightened on said paper-rests by said rod and nut, a coreroll for paperprovided with journals, and a ratchet-wheel made integral with one endof said roll, a spring-pawl attached to upright O, for registering withsaid wheel, said roll being mounted in said upright, and paper wound onsaid core-roll.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a roll of perforated or unperforatedpaper, a wooden core-roll for said paper provided with a ratchet-wheelmade integral with one end of said core-roll, suitable uprights in whichsaid roll is journaled, means for clamping said uprights to thepaper-rests of type-writers, and

said core roll to the paper-rests of type- 10 writers.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 1st day ofFebruary, 1896.

JOSEPH B. BAKER.

Witnesses:

B. W. WATTS, B. R. WATTS.

